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psychology
Term | Definition |
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the historically significant perspective that emphasized the human potential for healthy growth was known as _____________ | humanistic psychology |
the suggestion that psychology is less a set of facts than a method of evaluating ideas best highlights the _____________ character of psychology | scientific |
the scientific study of behavior without reference to mental processes was of special interest to _____________ | Watson |
dual processing refers to processing information at the same time on separate _______ tracks | conscious & unconscious |
testing your ability to recall information you have just studied improves your long-term retention of that information. psychologists have referred to this as __________ | the testing effect |
three key elements of the scientific attitude are _______, __________, and ____________ | curiosity, skepticism, and humility |
the scientific attitude requires an open-minded humility because it involves a willingness to ______________ | recognize the errors in our own ideas |
the first psychological laboratory was established by ___________ | Wilham Wundt |
the English naturalist who first proposed evolutionary psychology was ________ | Darwin |
in its earliest years psychology focused on the study of_________ | mental processes |
B.F Skinner was a prominent American _____________ | behaviorist |
the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies observable human activity without reference to mental processes is known as ___________ | behaviorism |
the mind's defenses against its own unconscious wishes and impulses were of special interest to _______ | Sigmund Freud |
which major force in psychology emphasized unconscious sexual conflicts? _______ | Freudian Psychology |
the science of behavior and mental processes is called ______ | psychology |
a neuron is best described as a _________ | |
the release of ______ enables muscle action | acetylcholine (ach) |
the vast majority of neurons in the body's information system are ___________ | interneurons |
the endocrine system consists of ________ | glands |
the brains oldest region is the ____________ | brain stem |
parallel processing involves the processing of many aspects of a problem _____ | at the same time |
the large, slow brain waves associated with NREM-3 sleep are called _________ | delta |
plasticity refers to the brain's capacity to change by forming new neural pathways based on __________ | based on experience |
the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes is called ___________ | biological psychology |
the cells that serve as the basic building blocks of the body's information system are called ________ | neurons |
John B. Watson believed that psychology should be the science of _________ | observable behavior |
which pioneering learning researcher highlighted the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children's behavior? __________ | Alfred bandura |
the process of acquiring, through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors is called ________ | learning |
learning that certain events occur together is called _______ | associative learning |
any event or situation that evokes a response is a _________ | stimulus |
Jordan is frightened by the sound of a train whistle. The sound is a(n) _________ | stimulus |
voluntary behaviors that produce rewarding or punishing outcomes are called ________ | operant behavior |
a neutral stimulus is an event or situation that ________ | elicits no response prior to classical conditioning |
an event that one of pavlov's dogs could see or hear but did not associate with food was called a(n) _________ | neutral stimulus |